Early 21st Century Framed Chinese Ink Art Calligraphy by Fung Ming Chip

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A large contemporary ink work by Chinese artist Fung Min Chip (China, 1951-). The calligraphic work was created on traditional … Read more A large contemporary ink work by Chinese artist Fung Min Chip (China, 1951-). The calligraphic work was created on traditional Chinese Xuan paper and features a vertical pair of couplets composed by the artist and written in bold black characters on a mottled ink-stained background. The couplet can be translated into English as the following: Between the two legs is the boundary of the good and evil: Above the eyes is where the god and devil fuse. Two red seals were placed in the center of the composition in a counter-traditional way. The piece reflects the artist's long practice in the exploration of traditional Chinese calligraphy with abstraction, deconstruction and often esoteric meaning for their mantra-like format. The work is presented under plexiglass in a black frame with a cream color mat, ready for display. The sight of the work itself is approximately 70 x 24.

About the artist:
Fung Ming-chip was born in Guangdong in 1951, grew up in Hong Kong and has lived in New York and Taiwan. A self-taught artist, Fung has studied and practiced traditional calligraphy for a long time before evolved his work into Abstract Expressionism. While retaining the integrity of the Chinese characters, the artist meditates on the morphogenesis of the form by experimenting the compositional space between the lines and strokes. The artist also explores the multiple meanings of Chinese characters in their isolated vs contextual forms.
Elevating Chinese calligraphy into a form of contemporary art, Fung's works are held in important art institutes including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many international private collections. See less